Roche · 3 months ago
Project Director - Capital Projects
South San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$136K/yr - $253K/yr
10+ years expRoche is a leading company focused on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry, dedicated to building life-saving manufacturing facilities. The Capital Project Director will lead large and complex facility improvement projects, ensuring collaboration, safety, and fiscal control throughout the project lifecycle.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Build and lead the project team, motivating them through your strong communication and leadership skills with clear decision-making to maintain project flow
Model collaboration through strong partnership with User Team Lead and other key customers and stakeholders
Champion both design and construction safety as a key priority, engaging the Safety, Health, and Environment team throughout the project lifecycle
Accountable for fiscal control of the project by developing funding strategy in alignment with execution strategy, managing scope and schedule of the capital project within the agreed business case, and keeping team focused on execution plan
Engage with senior executive sponsors, site leadership and other key leaders on development of business case, execution & funding strategy and resolution of any impediments that arise
From early concept, through design, construction and commissioning and qualification, deliver the project not relenting until the project’s business intent is actually met
Qualification
Required
B.S. in engineering, architecture or construction with a minimum of 10 - 15 years successfully managing projects in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, with at least 5 - 10 years managing large, complex projects, some preferably in an international environment
Known for your exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills in capital project delivery
Proven expertise in effectively applying and/or developing advanced project management tools and methodologies
Broad understanding of the principles of various engineering disciplines, in-depth understanding of one engineering discipline directly related to Roche core business of manufacturing
Preferred
MS in Engineering and/or an MBA and/or a PE/equivalent
Special knowledge requirements include biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical processes and facility design approaches, plus solid understanding of Pharmaceutical cGMP requirements
Understanding of risk based qualification
Lean Construction knowledge and practitioner
Benefits
A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
Company
Roche
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (12)
2024 (9)
2023 (6)
2022 (2)
2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.79BKey Investors
SoftBankSCALE AINovartis
2021-08-04Post Ipo Equity· $5B
2020-12-07IPO
2020-05-06Post Ipo Equity· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Alan Hippe
Member of the Executive Board - Group CFO
Christine Bakan
Global Head and VP of Software and Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
Recent News
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